Status of Pollinators in North America (2007)

Chapter: Color Plates

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Suggested Citation: "Color Plates." National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11761.

PLATE 1 Structure of a flower (Frasera speciosa, Gentianaceae; visited by the bumble bee Bombus flavifrons). Photo by David Inouye, University of Maryland, College Park.

Suggested Citation: "Color Plates." National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11761.

PLATE 2 Pollinating insects, clockwise from top left: honey bee (Apis mellifera, photo by S. Buchmann, University of Arizona, Tucson); sphinx moth (Hyles lineata, photo by W. May); yucca moths (Tegeticula yuccasella, photo by W. May); a fly (Bombyliidae, photo by D. Inouye, University of Maryland, College Park).

Suggested Citation: "Color Plates." National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11761.

PLATE 3 Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis), a mammalian pollinator (photo © Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International, reprinted with permission).

Suggested Citation: "Color Plates." National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11761.

PLATE 4 Hummingbird, an avian pollinator (photo by W. May).

Suggested Citation: "Color Plates." National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11761.
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Suggested Citation: "Color Plates." National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11761.
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Suggested Citation: "Color Plates." National Research Council. 2007. Status of Pollinators in North America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11761.
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